He's not setting up a blind trust when he's in office like he previously promised.

During his first official press conference since July, Donald Trump and a legal representative, Sheri Dillon from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, explained that the president-elect won't be fully divesting from his companies when he takes office on January 20. Though they claim that the move is perfectly legal and constitutional, politics, ethics, and business experts alike are skeptical.

If you're wondering what the key takeaways are of Trump's press conference as well as what Americans need to be worried about and what they can do to apply pressure to Trump to do more, here are the main questions — and the answers from experts.

Who will lead the Trump Organization during Trump's presidency, and what will his involvement be?

While speaking to the press, Trump explained he won't be putting his companies into a blind trust as he previously promised. "A blind trust is where [Trump] fully divests himself from all direct control or knowledge of what his companies are doing," Keith J. Bybee, a professor of political science at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, explains to Teen Vogue. "He wouldn't be in communication with the people in charge of a trust. It's supposed to remove any concern for the success of his businesses [over that of the public].

Instead of using a blind trust, Trump's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, will take over a trust of Trump's businesses for the time being while he's in office with assistance from a "longtime executive," according to Politico. "They are going to be running in a very professional manner," Trump said during the event. "They’re not going to discuss [business interests] with me.”

However, Bybee says there's an important distinction between having a blind trust and giving it over to family members. "He's proposing instead to stop being the active CEO and no longer be involved on a day-to-day basis," he says. That doesn't mean, however, that anyone can stop his sons from sharing company information with him.

Will Trump still have financial ties to the Trump Organization?

During the end of the press conference, Trump implied that he will still have a financial stake in the company and is not divesting entirely, leading to little resolution to claims of conflicting interests. According to Forbes, he said, "I could actually run my business and run government at the same time. I don’t like the way that looks but I’d be able to do that."

CNN Moneyreported that Trump will also receive statements on the overall profitability and financial well-being of the company, further debunking the idea that he'll be staying out of his businesses. Dillon, his legal representation, tried to argue though that trying to sell Trump's assets, as many have strongly urged him to do, would create larger issues than their proposed solution.

“Selling his assets without the rights to the brand would greatly diminish the value of the assets and create a fire sale,” Dillon claimed during the press conference. “President-elect Trump should not be expected to destroy the company he built.”

Will the Trump Organization be making new deals while Trump is in office?

Additionally, Trump claimed in December that his businesses would be making "no new deals" while he was in office, but his team has amended that statement, now claiming the Trump Organization won't be partaking in any new foreign deals during his presidency, but domestic deals are on the table.

In an attempt to combat backlash, Dillon told the press that Trump "wouldn't be involved" in the vetting process for companies the Trump Organization works with, and Politicoreported that Trump's team said an "ethics adviser" would be helping with that decision-making instead.

How will Trump handle foreign officials using his companies' services?

Many questions people had going into the press conference surrounded what Trump was going to do about foreign officials using his business services. For example, what if a foreign ambassador stays at one of Trump's hotels or plays a round of golf at his golf course? What will prevent that person from getting special treatment over those who choose to go elsewhere? Trump's legal counsel explained that he wouldn't keep foreign dignitaries from staying on his properties or using his facilities, but he would "donate" the "profits" from those officials' visits to the U.S. Treasury at the end of each year. Trump's team didn't specify what they constitute as "profits," if any money would be taken out before counting as part of said profits, or if there would be any public release of those transactions.

How did Trump's legal advisers justify the moves? Their chief argument, the New York Times pointed out, is that federal laws prohibiting conflicts of interest don't apply to the president and that his businesses actually keep him from violating any laws forbidding officials from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments and officials.

Why should Americans ultimately care?

A bigger question to ask, according to Bybee, is why people care that Trump has no conflicts of interest even if he's found some loopholes to long-standing rules. "We expect that our politicians have experience outside of government; why should it matter if they're in government if they continue to operate their businesses?" Bybee explains to Teen Vogue. "Why should it matter whether Trump continues to operate his business in office? After all, he's been a business man his whole life."

What's the missing link? Bybee says it comes down to trust. "We want to make sure officials care about the public interest," he explains. "We want Donald Trump to be a vigorous defender of the presidency. If he's using those powers to further Trump enterprises, he's serving as CEO of the [Trump Organization]. [The American people] want [his] self-interest to be tied to the position that [he] holds." By continuing to act in a manner that helps his own prospects but doesn't necessarily help America as a whole, Bybee argues, there becomes implicit distrust in all of Trump's actions moving forward.

And while Trump's team thinks that technically skirting the rules is enough, law, ethics, and political experts disagree. "Tragically, the Trump plan to deal with his business conflicts announced today falls short in every respect," said professor Richard Painter, the S. Walter Richey professor of corporate law at the University of Minnesota, and Norman Eisen from the Brookings Institute in a joint statement provided to Teen Vogue. "Mr. Trump did not make a clean break with his business ownership interests as his predecessors for four decades have done...and offered an inadequate and scantily-detailed ethics wall. We and many others will respond strongly in defense of ethics and our constitution."

What can Americans do?

For those who oppose the numerous conflicting interests Trump has retained going into his presidency, there's still hope. Bybee says that simple informal actions, like voicing a dissenting opinion in a newspaper or calling a representative, can make the difference in applying public pressure. That public pressure can lead to formal actions, from hearings on the matter to even potential legislation or legal proceedings.

But more crucial than that, Bybee says it's important to step back and keep the bigger issues in mind. "Realize the biggest stake here is if the president can be trusted to conduct the people's business," he explains. "We get caught up in chasing the story of the day and chasing its specific details. It's important to keep an eye on the prize. No matter what happens with his business interests, there will still be questions to ask about if he can be trusted."

As the countdown to Trump's presidency now moves into the single digits, it'll be more important than ever to keep the eye on that prize.